Black Jack

About the story

Black Jack first appeared in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion on November 19, 1973, and was serialized until September 1978. From 1979 onward, it continued as irregular standalone stories. The manga won the fourth Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 1975 and the Kodansha Manga Award in 1977. In 2006, Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House acquired the simplified Chinese publishing rights for mainland China and released a complete edition of 30 volumes. The work was first adapted into an OVA in 1993, followed by a theatrical film in 1996 and a television anime beginning in 2004. It has also been adapted into live-action television dramas several times. Black Jack's real name is Kuroo Hazama. His parents separated when he was young, leaving his mother to raise him alone. One day, while out with her, they stepped on an unexploded bomb because of a construction contractor's negligence, triggering an explosion. His mother died after being taken to hospital, while he was critically injured and close to death. Fortunately, Dr Jotaro Honma's exceptional surgical skills saved him. At that moment, he resolved to fulfill two ambitions: to become a first-rate surgeon like Dr Honma and to take revenge on the contractor responsible for his mother's death